number one, sharp cuts in government employment. government employees are generally unionized. those union jobs are gone. number two, they are pricing themselves out. union members are pricing themselves out of government work at the state level. states are insolvent in some cases. they can't afford to rehire union members into their workforce. number three, collective bargaining restrictions especially in wisconsin and indiana. in those two states the government worker union membership has dropped 13% and 18% respectively. number four, the government employees, the unions work rules are pushing employers away. rigid work rules are not efficient. employers tend to go to right to work states or take the jobs overseas. the unions are in trouble. bill: i'm looking at raw number here. 11.8%, 11.3%. that accounts for 400,000 jobs. >> yeah. bill: that is only half a percentage point but it is significant in the following way thaw point out. wisconsin, indiana, michigan. you saw a push in ohio as well. is the drop a trend or is it just a -- >> no, it is a trend and has political impli